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Can Clams Make a Comeback on a Tribal Reservation in Maine?

Inside Climate News · By Sydney Cromwell · last updated
Softshell clams flourished for centuries on the Passamaquoddy’s Pleasant Point Reservation, before overfishing and climate change. Now, more than a million are maturing in a garden created three years ago by tribal members.

By Sydney Cromwell

SIPAYIK, Maine—Clams have been entwined with the story of the Passamaquoddy tribe for 13,000 years.